I KUtoftoiiK rvatniiEcipiil -U»iWflcil» FLECTION, OF MAYOR. A opecial meeting of the Mittagong Council was held on Tuesday afternoon for thc purpose of elect ing a Mayor for thc ensuing year. Aid. Viles (Mayor), Middlcton, Draper, Snowdcn, Dawson, Richards, Mealing, and Larlun were prescut. On thc motion of Aid. Mealing nncf Draper, Aid. Richards waa proposed for tho position of Mayor, and wao supported by Aid. Snowdcn aud Middlc ton. There being no other candidates proposed, Aid. Vilco declared Aid. Richards duly vlcctcd ns Mayor. Aid. -Richards returned thanks for thc honor conferred upon him. Aid. Dawiion proposed a vote of thanks to thc retiring Mayor (Aid.. Viles), which wao ccconded by Alu. Larkin, suppoitcd by the other Aldermen, and carricd by acclamation. Aid. Viles returned thanks for thc vote. On thc motion of Aid. Draper and Snowdcn, it wao resolved in the affirmative that tho thanks of the ccuucil be conveyed to cx-Ald. Shcather,* for tho nssistuncc he had rendered whil...

Independent C.C. v. Roberton Park B, Tkau. Oil Saturday afternoon last tho newly-formed Bowral club drovo out to Roberton Park and played a pleasant game on tlio Roberton Park grnuud. Ike play was very good on the whole and productiv c of much amusement to thc onlookers, who thoroughly enjoyed the futile shots made at tlio wickct, which | were often narrowly expcn3i\e to the batsman j | longeroccupation of thc creases. Amongst it all there was some really Bmart fielding shown, and the howl ing of both teams -.ma very good. . ? wcasro. ?). men zies, 0. Norman, G. Piper, nnd J; Dennis being thc mo3t destructive with the ball. Roberton Park first essayed to make a big score, and totalled 61*. Out of these E. Perkins mado 29 by good play. The Independents began well, then collapsed, and ended ?with a slight improvement, totalling 40, or 15bc hind. C. Smith nnd R. Hincs showed tho best form, tho former imitating Bruce and soon made 17, whilst the latts? stoncy railed like Banncrmnn and m...

DBcttea* tilnsniu st (Kohl EUltac. Few pooplo roaliso tho immenno woalth which is being dug out of tho Proprietary Mino at Broken Hill. A ton of silver every day ! It is a veritable Bonanza. Tho thirteenth half-yoarly meeting of tho share holders in tho Broken Hill Proprietary Mino wns held in Molbourno on Thursday last. Tho Chairman said that during tho six months just closod thoy hod divided £576,000 and up to dato £4,090,000, in cash had boon distributon, in addition to.£ 1, 744,000 shares in off-shoots from tho compnn*'. Tho gross value of tho output of tho mino from tho beginning ha-i amounted to tho onormouo oum of £7,360,000 sterling, and tho daily output now amountod to ono ton of oilvor and 150 tons of load. Tho prospects aro said to bo bottor than ovor. j Mr. Black movod tho adjournment of tho Logislativo AcsomHy on Tuocday to di?ouos tbo uuomployod quostion. In tho dobato which followed, Mr. Lyno oaid that tho Gov ernment would not establish relief works, but would push f...

ITHae ffiwrn EDorsi IBljicEig. The alleged 44 Dora Dora blacks,' who arc wanted for a murder committed something liko a year ago in Victoria, still crop up occasionally iu tho papers. Tho policc have never ceeu them, but tlicy have followed the tracks of four naked feet right through Victoria and across more than half New South Wales, aud how often they have lost thc original feet and picked up a fresh set no one knows. The only man who saw thc indubitable niggers — thc ono with tho trade mark and tho name blown in thc bottle— io dead months ago owing to a apeer in his back ; and if the police ercr culture the pair or any other nair— thev must cither let them go'- again or hang them without evidence. If they meant to let them go again then wo presume they wouldn't run after them, anyhow. Accordiug to latest advices, tho missing heathens wero near Tamworth, from which is conjectured that they must have fled down Oxford-street, Sydney, and across Gcorgc-3trect and made for thc North. ...

A HlisEsy Winger. A correspondent writou to the ' Australian Star' : — Two gentlemen made a wager of £1000 that they would throw down a bag containing £1000 in bank notes at tho cross ing in Goorgo street by tho Town Hall and 1000 pooplo should pass it without picking it up withiu an hour. This wao dono at 7.15 p.m. and loft till 8.15. and tho passers-by counted thi numbor of ovor 1000. Tho canvas bag containing tho £1000 was a Bmal! ono and .7as kickod by soveral porGons and struck with sticko, but not piokod up by anyoao. Thon tho owners, who woro watch ing, roloasod it from it3 precariono position and carofully took possossion of its contonto and won thoir wager. - 1

CRICKET. Oa Saturday last a cricket match waa played at i Robertson between the local and Mount Murray | school-boys, which resulted in an easy victory for i tho mountaineers. .Flic win wan mainly duo to thc -? good batting of Stanley Alicrs (47 not out), end A. Wills (22). For Robertson A. Vniulonberph wan top scorer with 7 in thc firut and 23 in the cccond innings. The totals wero Mount Murray, first innings, 87 ; Robertson, firat innings, 28, and second innings, CO. A cricket match was played at Shcllharbor on Satmday between the Kangaloon and Shcllharbor C.O. . when tho visitors proved victorious by 32 suns, tlio scores being— Kangaloon, 81; Shell harbor, o2. ?A team will bo picked from tho following to re present tho Fitzroyn against Bowral Association on Saturday next : — Waller, Wallace, Arnott, Dunn, Richardson. (iarluig. Giillcn (2), Culey, tickle, Wightley, Osborne, .McCarthy and iirmflcld.

SPORTING. j Sttrttarics and other Known resident* of th* different j localities in tchtrh uport* cecur will oblige by ' : ? v tiding us particulars at e'rhj nt ooss'tbh after :'v , . . wo several event?.] . I